Amphisbaena xera

Amphisbaena xera, known commonly as the dry worm lizard, Puerto Rican dryland worm lizard, or the North American worm lizard, is a worm lizard species in the genus Amphisbaena.[2] The species, A. xera, is endemic to the West Indies.

Amphisbaena xera

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species:
A. xera
Binomial name
Amphisbaena xera
Thomas, 1966

Etymology

The specific name, xera, which is from Greek via Late Latin, means "dry".[3]

Geographic range

It is found in Puerto Rico, both on the main island and also on the offshore Isla de Caja de Muertos.[4]

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See also

References

  1. Joglar, R. & Thomas, R. 2017. Amphisbaena xera. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T74857818A75171336. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T74857818A75171336.en. Downloaded on 20 March 2019.
  2. "Amphisbaena". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 20, 2010.
  3. Mish, F.C., Editor in Chief. 2004. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam Webster, Incorporated. 39a + 1622 pp. ISBN 0-87779-809-5. ("xer- or xero- comb form, p. 1449.)
  4. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Schwartz, A., and R. Thomas. 1975. A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Amphisbaena xera, p. 69.)
  • Thomas, R. 1966. Additional Notes on the Amphisbaenids of Greater Puerto Rico. Breviora (249): 1-23. ("Amphisbaena xera new species",
    pp. 7–13, Figure 3.)
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